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BSU To Stop Burning Coal In March

Ball State University officials are planning to stop burning coal at the campus steam plant sometime in March. Campus engineering director Jim Lowe says the university will continue using three natural gas-fired boilers to produce steam for heating and hot water for the Muncie campus. The move will end the burning of up to 36,000 tons of coal a year in its four coal-fired boilers.